I don't agree with any of those inductees, although I am a Cars and Nina Simone fan.

Honor the great ones. Don't just fill the slots.

Love that Rosetta Tharpe got recognized, though.

Dec 19, '17

Thank you, herring, for posting these videos. I can't believe I'd never heard of Sister Rosetta Tharpe before! I really enjoyed learning about her; I can see why she was called the Godmother of Rock'n'Roll. My goodness, when I saw her in front of that choir playing the blood out of her guitar, it gave me goosebumps!
Wonderful!

Thank you, herring, for posting these videos. I can't believe I'd never heard of Sister Rosetta Tharpe before! I really enjoyed learning about her; I can see why she was called the Godmother of Rock'n'Roll. My goodness, when I saw her in front of that choir playing the blood out of her guitar, it gave me goosebumps!
Wonderful!

In 2003 before and after the start of the Iraq war a group of us met on a corner from 4:30 pm to 7:30 PM with peace signs and music as people drove home from work. Many of us also attend monthly hoots in a home. (It's been going on half a century).
Sometimes we would do a swinging version of "Down by the Riverside for up to an hour. Passing cars would honk. At first there wre just a few, but sometimes there was a large crowd on all four corners.
Sometimes a police officer clapped along.